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A Securiton aspirating smoke detection (ASD) system has been selected as the fire protection method for a new cold store to be operated by one of the UK’s major supermarket retailers.

The new 68-truck bay, 30,000 square metre hub in Pineham, near Milton Keynes, has been built alongside an existing 58,000 square metre distribution centre. Located next to Junction 15A of the M1, it will operate as a national frozen food distribution point.

Star Refrigeration’s Leeds branch has replaced an unused cold store plant, allowing the owner to lease it to a third party.

The Ice Co Storage and Logistics site, in Newark, had originally belonged to the ice manufacturing branch of the business but, due to expansion at other sites and a streamlining of production, had become unused. Looking to lease the plant to a third party for refrigeration, storage and distribution purposes, the company invited Star to assess the costs of making it operational again.

​Cold Store Rentals has installed new freezer facilities for a start-up pet food business in Essex.

Raw Made Simple, which specialises in high quality, raw food for dogs, needed refrigeration capable of rapidly freezing down pet food produce within a 24-36 hour timeframe and directors Kay Ryder and Richard Huckett turned to Cold Store Rentals for a solution.

​A leading oriental food supermarket and online retailer turned to Cold Store Rentals when it needed to expand its freezer capacity.

Yau Brothers, based in Southampton, sells a wide range of ingredients to restaurants, catering establishments and the general public. It wanted to increase freezer space and also increase the visual impact of its displays.

Cold Store Rentals has helped a pet supplies company to keep its raw food products in prime condition.​Scruffles Pet Supplies, based in Tewkesbury, stocks raw and natural based products and had been using 29 individual freezers to store the products.